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Juwan Howard Bio

Juwan Antonio Howard, professionally known as Juwan Howard is an American former professional basketball player and currently a basketball coach. He is currently the basketball coach at the University of Michigan.

He previously served as an assistant coach for the Miami Heat of the NBA from 2013 to 2019. As a player, he was drafted by Washington Bullets in the 1994 NBA draft.  Juwan has played for other NBA teams such as Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic, Houston Rockets, Charlotte Bobcats, Portland Trail Blazers, and Miami Heat. He has won 2 NBA championships with Heat. Howard played college basketball at the University of Michigan.

What is Juwan Howard Famous For?

– The first NBA player to graduate after leaving college early.

– The first NBA player to sign a contract worth more than $100 million.

– 2 times NBA champion with Miami Heat.

– The first and only member of the Fab Five to win an NBA championship.

Juwan Howard Early Childhood

Juwan Howard was born on 7 February 1973. As of now, Howard is at the age of 56 years.

His birth name is Juwan Antonio Howard. He was born to a father, Leroy Watson, and a mother, Helena. Howard. His birthplace is in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. He holds American nationality. His grandmother adopted and raised him. He had no siblings.

He attended Chicago Vocational Career Academy, where he played high school basketball. After high school, he committed to play at the University of Michigan.

He was popular as one of the Fab Five at Michigan. Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Ray Jackson were the other four included in the Fab Five. After his sophomore season at Michigan, he announced his intention to enter the 1994 NBA draft. He was one of the Fab Five dragged into the University of Michigan basketball scandal. But he was not implicated in the scandal.

Juwan Howard Playing Career

 Juwan Washington Bullets(1994-2001)

Entering the 1994–95 season, the NBA players and owners had not yet agreed on the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement, and Howard was unsigned two weeks before training camp began. He continued to train in Chicago in late September amidst rumors that his draft rights could be traded to another team.

While holding out, he was rumored to be part of a trade package with the Chicago Bulls that included Calbert Cheaney and a first-round draft choice in exchange for Scottie Pippen. Another rumor had Howard being packaged with Rex Chapman and Don MacLean for Pippen. On November 9, the eleventh overall 1994 NBA draft selection Carlos Rogers signed an NBA contract, making Howard the last first-round selection without a contract.

He missed most of the first month of the season and resided at an O’Hare Airport hotel while protracted talks continued. Howard’s agent David Falk said that one of the main problems was that the Bullets wanted Howard to sign for a lower average salary than number six selection Sharone Wright. Washington Bullets selected him with the fifth overall pick in the first round of the 1994 NBA draft. He played a six-and-a-half season from 1994 to 2001 for the Bullets. Washington Bullets was renamed to Washington Wizards in 1997.

Dallas Mavericks (2001–2002)

Jordan, who had become the Wizards’ head of basketball operations the prior season, traded Howard, Obinna Ekezie, and Calvin Booth to the Dallas Mavericks for Laettner, Loy Vaught, Etan Thomas, Hubert Davis, Courtney Alexander and $3 million on February 22, 2001, at the NBA trade deadline. Jordan’s move was praised for freeing up salary-cap space in advance of the NBA’s first season with a luxury tax. The trade served the Mavericks by giving them a new offensive weapon and enabling them to match up defensively against the NBA Western Conference power forwards such as Wallace, Tim Duncan, Karl Malone, and Webber. Washington finished the year with a 19–63 record under coach Hamilton.

During the 2000–01 season, the Mavericks finished 53–29 under coach Don Nelson. Howard provided the Mavericks with a back-to-the-basket player who moved into the starting power forward position, enabling Dirk Nowitzki to play small forward and Shawn Bradley to play center. During the season, Howard tallied 16 double-doubles and five 30-point performances in 81 games, while averaging 18.0 points and 7.1 rebounds. On a team with All-Star Michael Finley and future MVPs Steve Nash and Nowitzki, Howard was the highest-paid player.

On March 20, Howard blocked five shots, his career-high, against the Portland Trail Blazers. In the 2001 NBA Playoffs, the Mavericks advanced past the Utah Jazz 3 games to 2 before losing to the San Antonio Spurs, 4 games to 1. The Utah games marked the first time Howard played for a team that won an NBA playoff series. In the first game of the series against the Spurs, Howard slammed Spurs guard Derek Anderson to the floor while trying to block Anderson’s layup late in the game.

Juwan Foul Play

Anderson suffered a separated shoulder on the play, and Howard received a flagrant foul and was ejected. After the game, Howard, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, and Mavs owner Mark Cuban all said the foul was committed without malice or intent to injure Anderson. In the Mavericks’ 10 playoff games, Howard totaled three double-doubles while averaging 13.4 points and 8.3 rebounds in 39.1 minutes.

During the 2001–02 season, he posted 17 double-doubles and three 30-point performances in 81 games (72 starts), while averaging 14.6 points and 7.6 rebounds. This was the first time since his rookie holdout season that he did not start every game he played in. All reserve appearances occurred between November 21 and December 11, and eight of them were in consecutive games between November 21 and December 5. On January 31, he posted a career-high 16 rebounds against the Houston Rockets.

Denver Nuggets (2002–2003)

The Mavericks traded him with Donnell Harvey, Hardaway and a 2002 first-round pick to the Denver Nuggets for Raef LaFrentz, Avery Johnson, Van Exel and Tariq Abdul-Wahad on February 21, 2002. At the time of the trade, Howard was considered the Mavericks’ best low-post defender. On March 25, 2002, he scored his 10,000th career point at Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks.[ Howard started all 28 games that he played for the Nuggets.

Don Nelson’s Mavericks went to the second round of the 2002 NBA Playoffs after trading Howard, while the Nuggets failed to make the playoffs under coaches Dan Issel and Mike Evans. By the end of the season, Nuggets general manager Vandeweghe had cleared almost $20 million of salary-cap space, leaving the team with few veterans and only Howard and Marcus Camby as well-known players. This made the team an undesirable coaching assignment for veteran coaches. In the offseason, the Nuggets replaced Evans with the relatively unknown Jeff Bzdelik.

During a preseason game, Howard attempted to punch Al Harrington and Jermaine O’Neal, which earned him a suspension on October 25, 2002. As a result, Howard missed the Nuggets’ first two games of the regular season, and this cost him $458,000 in salary.

Juwan Scores

Howard first attempted to hit Harrington late in the fourth quarter on a night when Howard had missed nine of ten shots. When O’Neal intervened, the two pushed and shoved each other before Howard started punching again.

At around the same time, the University of Michigan basketball scandal investigation came to an end with many of the accomplishments of the Fab Five being rescinded through National Collegiate Athletic Association sanctions. Although many of the records of the Fab Five were erased, Howard’s and teammate Rose’s 1994 All-American recognitions were unaffected by the scandal.

During the 2002–03 regular season, he accumulated 18 double-doubles, two 30-point performances, and three 15-rebound performances in 77 games, while averaging 18.4 points and 7.6 rebounds. The 2002–03 Nuggets were 17–65 under Bzdelik. The team struggled with the league’s lowest payroll and three rookies in the starting lineup. Howard started all 77 games in which he played

Orlando Magic (2003–2004)

Howard signed what was believed to be a five-year, $28 million contract as a free agent with the Orlando Magic on July 16, 2003; he had been expected to sign with either Detroit or Minnesota. During the season, teammate Tracy McGrady successfully defended his scoring championship, while Howard attempted to be a positive influence when the situation arose, such as when he attempted to stop McGrady from kicking the basketball into the stands twice in a row.

McGrady missed the last 10 games of the season with knee problems (ending his season on March 24), leading to Howard’s best performances of the season: Howard had 33 points and 11 rebounds on April 2 against the Atlanta Hawks, and he had 38 points on April 12 against the Chicago Bulls. Over the course of the 2003–04 season, he had 16 double-doubles and two 30-point performances in 81 games (77 starts), while averaging 17.2 points and 7.1 rebounds. The team compiled a 21–61 record, the worst in the NBA, under coaches Doc Rivers and Johnny Davis.

Juwan Houston Rockets(2006-2007)

On June 14, 2007, Howard was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves for James and Justin Reed. According to ESPN, he regretted not choosing Minnesota the last time he had been a free agent and was looking forward to playing with Garnett.

Soon after Howard signed with Minnesota, the team traded Garnett to the Boston Celtics. Howard made it clear he was not interested in being on a team in Minnesota that was focused on developing young talent and consequently requested a trade once Garnett was no longer a member of the team. Howard still had $6.88 million and $7.38 million in salary owed to him over the next two seasons, which made him difficult to trade.

Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor noted that the team would attempt to accommodate his wishes but acknowledged that doing so would be difficult. On October 29, 2007, the Timberwolves waived Howard after agreeing to a contractual buyout agreement worth $10 million spread over four years instead of the roughly $14.25 million ($6.88 million-plus $7.38 million) that Minnesota would otherwise have owed him.

Juwan Howard Coaching Career

On September 28, 2013, the Heat announced a reshuffling of their organization. The reshuffling included the announcement that Howard would remain with the Heat, moving officially into an assistant coaching role. The assistant coaching position was available after both Chad Kammerer and Keith Askins were moved from coaching to scouting positions. It was the indication of Howard retirement since the rule states one can’t be a coach and player at one time.
On May 22, 2019, Howard was named the David and Meredith Kaplan Men’s Basketball Head Coach of the Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team, signing a five-year contract.

Juwan Howard Head coaching record

 Juwan Howard Film and TV appearances

Howard appeared in the 1994 basketball film Hoop Dreams. He also appeared in the television drama The West Wing, Arli$$, Beyond the Glory, Hang Time. Juwan appeared in the 2011 documentary The Fab Five. Howard worked with Rick Ross to produce a rap song, “Its Time to Ball”.

 Juwan Howard Wife and children

Juwan Howard is a married man. Jenine Wardally aka Jenine Howard met her husband at Alonzo Mourning’s party. He is married to Jenine Wardally. They got married on July 2002.  At the time, Howard was 29 and Wardally was 27. The couple has two sons, Jace and Jett. Jace was born in 2001 and Jett born in 2003.

He also has a son, Juwan Howard Jr, born in February 1992 with Markita Blyden. Blyden was runner-up for Michigan’s Miss Basketball.

Juwan Howard Jr.

Howard, Jr. finished his senior season at Detroit’s Pershing High School in spring 2010. As a junior, he led his high school to the Michigan High School Athletic Association state championship. As a senior, he was named first-team All-State by the Associated Press and Detroit Free Press. He played his freshman season for the 2010–11 Western Michigan Broncos before he transferred to the University of Detroit Mercy Titans. As a redshirt sophomore for the 2012–13 Detroit Titans, he became a regular starter and solid contributor.

Juwan Howard Body Measurements

Juwan Howard stands at a height of 2.06 m i.e. 6 feet and 9 inches tall. He has a bodyweight of 250 lbs i.e. 113 kg. He has an athletic body build.

Juwan Howard Net Worth

Juwan Howard was one of the most successful basketball players of his time. While active, he has played for several NBA teams winning 2 NBA championships. He was the first NBA player to sign a contract worth more than $100 million. After his active playing career, he became an assistant coach of the Miami Heat. He signed a five-year contract with the University of Michigan to become their new head coach. As of 2019, his net worth is estimated at $80 million. Between 1996 and 2006 he earned a salary of $15 million per year.

Juwan Howard House

The year 1996, he bought a 3,116-square-foot (289.5 m2) townhome for $490,000 in the South Loop area. Later in 2009, he paid $2.55 million for a three-bedroom, 3,080-square-foot (286.1 m2) unit in the Trump International Hotel & Tower. Howard bought a 3.5-acre (14,000 m2) $11.775 million property in South Florida’s Gables Estates, where he intended to build a 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) home, with a dock for a newly purchased 54-foot (16 m) yacht named the Fab 5. After the Heat won the 2012 NBA championship, Howard sold the home within a week for about $10 million, but he continued to own at least one South Florida real estate property.